Vendor: Ceva, Inc. Category: Cellular

NB-IoT Based Cellular IoT Platform with GNSS support

The Ceva-Waves Dragonfly platform is a turnkey platform with optimized, low-power hardware IP and protocol software for implement…

Overview

The Ceva-Waves Dragonfly platform is a turnkey platform with optimized, low-power hardware IP and protocol software for implementing narrow-band IoT (NB-IoT) cellular modem SoCs. Extensions provide support for GNSS such as GPS and BeiDou and for sensor-fusion applications.

The Solution

The Ceva-Waves Dragonfly platform comprises hardware IP with an enhanced Ceva-BX1 processor, specific hardware accelerators, and SoC infrastructure IP. Software includes NB-IoT protocol stack for L1 through L3 functions including encryption and software PHY, a task-optimized RTOS, and optional GNSS receiver and control software, all executing on the Ceva-BX1. Pre-certified for 3GPP Release 15 CAT NB2, the solution is tuned for small footprint and extremely low power, yet has headroom for additional software-defined functions, such as sensor fusion.

Key features

  • Based on the field-proven Ceva-BX1 digital signal controller enhanced with dedicated instructions for NB-IoT and GNSS
  • Digital front-ends for NB-IoT and GNSS
  • System infrastructure IP and drivers
  • Architected as a fully software-defined radio with specific hardware accelerators
  • Software for 3GPP Release 15 CAT-NB2, L1 through L3 including PHY and encryption functions
  • Software extensions for GPS and BeiDou positioning, and capacity for sensor fusion, NB IoT or proprietary IoT communications

Block Diagram

Ceva-Waves Dragonfly block diagram

Benefits

  • As a complete hardware/software Release 15 CAT-NB2 modem executing on the Ceva-BX1 processor, the Ceva-Waves Dragonfly is at once a low-footprint and energy-efficient connectivity solution and a flexible software-defined radio, capable of extension to GNSS or sensor-fusion tasks by simply adding software.
  • It is ideal for narrowband IoT cellular connectivity in cost-sensitive SoCs. The pre-integrated platform slashes design time and risk for the SoC design team.

Applications

  • Consumer IoT
  • Industrial 

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
Ceva-Waves Dragonfly
Vendor
Ceva, Inc.
Type
Silicon IP

Videos

CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 - the World’s First eNB-IoT Rel15 Solution
CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 is a highly-integrated and modular solution optimized for Cat-NB2 (3GPP Release 15 eNB-IoT) that can seamlessly be incorporated into chips and modules by the multitude of companies looking to address the large and fast-growing cellular IoT space. Key Benefits include: - Reduces time-to-market with fully integrated reference silicon, that enables real-time, over the air, system and software development in parallel with SoC development - Single-processor, software-configurable solution is guaranteed futureproof for LTE Release 15 updates

Files

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Provider

Ceva, Inc.
HQ: USA

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